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Words Often Confused

. الموضوع عبارة عن كلمات

قد تبدو متشابهة في اللفظ أو المعنى مما يؤدي إلى استعمالها في طريقة خاطئة.
Accept / Except

Accept

accept is always a verb meaning agree

accept = هي فعل بمعنى يقبل أو يوافق


Example: The mother accepted her child's apology

Tom accepted the gift with pleasure

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2) Except


except is sometimes a verb meaning to exclude. if it comes as a preposition, then it means excluding

except = قد تأتي فعل بمعنى ما عدا و قد تأتي حرف جر بمعنى إلاّ


Example: They all went to the party except me

Add all the number from 1 to 9 except 6She will accept the conditions except those that deal with her perosnal life


They all accepted to go on a vacation except Mary

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Advice / Advise

1) Advice


advice is a noun that means an opinion

هي إسم بمعني نصيحةExample: The daughter asked her mother's advice

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2) Advise

advise is a verb that means to give counsel

هي فعل بمعنى يسدي النصيحة

Example: The teacher advised her students to study well for the testHe advised me about buying that house, but i didnt take by his advice

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Affect / Effect

1) Affect

Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence

هي عادة تأتي على شكل فعل بمعنى يؤثر


Example: Cold weather affected the crops


The music affected him deeply


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2) Effect

Effect is used as a noun meaning result or influence

هي إسم بمعنى نتيجة أو تأثير

ُExample: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin


His protest had no effect

It is also used as a verb to mean to produce as a result or to cause


هي تأتي أيضا فعل بمعنى يحقق أو يسبب

Example: I will effect my purpose; no one shall stop meThe new law affected the crime rate, and this effect was largest in the cities


She was affected by the accident but the effect was not so bad

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Agree to / Agree with


1) Agree to

agree to means to to give consent. this means to agree to a plan

هي فعل بمعنى يوافق على خطة


example: He agreed to accompany the amb***adorDo you agree to the conditionsWe agreed to her suggestion


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2) Agree with


agree with is to agree with another person this means to have the same views


هي فعل بمعنى يتفق مع شخص ما


Example: I don't agree with you


I agree with you on that

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All right / Alright


1) All right


Alright as too words is all right


This means that it is accepted as standard english and it is correctly used


هي كلمة بمعنى حسن جدا و أحيانا تستعمل بمعنى نعم


و إستعمالها على هذا الشكل أي في كلمتين منفصلتين (all right) صحيح



Example: The anwers are all right


This means that all of them are correct or that they are satisfactory on the whole

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Alright


Alright is a nonstandard abbreviation meaning all right


This means that it is not accepted as standard english


هي أيضا تعني حسن جدا أو نعمو لكن إستعمالها خاطئ في اللغة الانجليزية الصحيحة لأنها كلمة عامي

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All together / Altogether


1) All together


All together means everyone in a group


تعني الجميع أو الكل في مجموعة


Example: The books lay all together in a heap


The children were all together in the kitchen

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2) Altogether

Altogether means completely or entirely


هي كلمة بمعنى بشكل تام أو بشكل عام


Example: Altogether, I'm sorry it happened


The debt amounted altogether to twenty dollarsِAltogether there are 14 people when the group is all together

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Bases / Basis

1) Bases


Bases means the underlying supports


كلمة بمعني القاعدات أو الأساسات (عادة تستعمل للديث عن الأمور الحسية / المادية)


Example: I saw a skyscraper built on a base of solid rock


The base of the pyramid is very wide

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2) Basis


Basis means the groundwork


كلمة بمعنى أساس (عادة تستعمل للدلالة على الأمور المعنوية)



Example: The nurse is paid on an hourly basis



He was chosen on the basis of his college gradesThe bases of the building were built on the basis of a survey

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Beside / Besides


1) Beside


Beside means by the side of


كلمة بمعنى بجانب (قرب)Example: Sit down beside me


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2) Besides


Besides means also or in addition to or moreover


كلمة بمعنى بالإضافة إلى


Example: Besides these honors he received a sum of money


There are three elm trees and two maples besidesBesides his hat and coat, he left his shoes beside the river